WW2 Events

  • Propaganda

    Propaganda
    Propaganda was huge in WW2. it was one way generals got men and women into the army. Most propaganda in WW2 was of women staying strong as their husbands fought. Women were needed to fill many male jobs and roles during the war and various advertisements were used to encourage women to take on these jobs and roles.
  • Operation Harvest Festival

    Operation Harvest Festival
    Translated from German, "Erntefest" means "Harvest Festival." The word "Erntefest" was the code name for the German operation to kill all Jews left in the Lublin District in the fall of 1943
  • Germany's Counter Attacks

    Germany's Counter Attacks
    Battle of Bautzen was one of the last battles of the Eastern Front during World War II. The battle took place during Ivan Konev's 1st Ukrainian Front push toward Berlin
  • Mussolini's Death

    Mussolini's Death
    Mussolini allied himself with Hitler, relying on the German dictator to prop up his leadership during World War II, but he was killed shortly after the German surrender in Italy in 1945.
  • Germany's surrender

    Germany's surrender
    Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in France to take effect the next day, ending the European conflict of World War II.